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Cash aside, what is a good going away gift for someone going on a mission ship trip as an electrical engineer for two years? Where she will be going to third world countries and rarely having time to get anything.

 

She is only allowed 20 kilos (same as on a flight) so it can't be anything big or weighty and I don't think she'll have access to a lot of luxuries. I'm thinking food might be an idea, because that will only get lesser in weight and dissapear.

 

I was also considering of getting her a boomerang that all her friends could sign saying something like boomerang back to Australia, or whatever, but even that might be too big in weight. Can always cut a card into that shape alongside the gift. It can't be too time consuming either, they work on a schedule.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

The Navy will christen the USNS Richard E. Byrd at 7:30 p.m. PDT on May 15. The launching ceremony for the newest ship in the Lewis and Clark class of underway replenishment ships will be held at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego.

 

The ship honors Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957), an explorer famous for his Antarctic expeditions and for leading the first expedition to fly over the North Pole. Like the legendary explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, for whom the first ship of the class was named, Byrd bravely volunteered to explore one of the most remote and harshest places on earth. Due to his unquenchable thirst for exploration, he provided substantial contributions to the world's understanding of the Antarctic.

 

Following his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1912, Byrd became a naval aviator and pioneered many techniques for navigating airplanes over the open ocean including drift indicators and bubble sextants. His expertise in this area resulted in his appointment to plan the flight path for the U.S. Navy's 1919 transatlantic crossing.

 

On May 9, 1926, Byrd and naval aviator Floyd Bennett attempted to fly over the North Pole. For this extraordinary heroic achievement, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by a special act of Congress.

 

Byrd departed the United States on Aug. 28, 1928, on his first Antarctic expedition. After World War II, he continued his exploration and led the largest Antarctic Expedition to date, Operation Highjump. This expedition involved 13 ships and 4,700 men who explored much of the little-known continent. In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Byrd as officer-in-charge of U.S. Antarctic programs to command Operation Deep Freeze.

 

Rear Adm. Robert D. Reilly Jr., commander of Military Sealift Command, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Bolling Byrd Clark will serve as sponsor of the ship named for her father. The launching ceremony will be highlighted in the time-honored Navy tradition when the sponsor breaks a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen the ship "Richard E. Byrd."

 

The USNS Richard E. Byrd is the fourth ship in the Navy's new 11-ship T-AKE 1 class. T-AKE is a combat logistics force vessel that will replace the current capability of the T-AE 26 Kilauea class ammunition ships, T-AFS 1 Mars class and T-AFS 8 Sirius class combat stores ships, and when operating with T-AO 187 Henry J. Kaiser class oiler ships, the T-AKE will replace the AOE 1 Sacramento class fast combat support ships. To conduct vertical replenishment, the ship can carry and support two helicopters.

 

Designed to operate independently for extended periods at sea while providing replenishment services to U.S., NATO and allied ships, the USNS Richard E. Byrd will directly contribute to the ability of the Navy to maintain a worldwide forward presence. Ships such as the USNS Richard E. Byrd provide logistic lift from sources of supply either in port or at sea from specially equipped merchant ships. The ship will transfer cargo, such as ammunition, food, limited quantities of fuel, repair parts, ship store items, and expendable supplies and material, to ships and other naval warfare forces at sea.

 

The USNS Richard E. Byrd is 689 feet in length, has an overall beam of 106 feet, a navigational draft of 30 feet and displaces about 42,000 tons with a full load. Powered by a single-shaft diesel-electric propulsion system, the ship can reach a speed of 20 knots. As part of the Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, the ship will be designated as a U.S. naval ship and will be crewed by 124 civil service mariners. The ship will also have a military detachment of 11 sailors to provide operational support and supply coordination, and when needed, the ship will carry a helicopter detachment of 39 military personnel.

 

Additional information about this class of ship is available on line at http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4400&tid=500&ct=4.

 

For additional information about the commissioning ceremony, contact Navy public affairs at (703) 697-5342.

 

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On April 24, 2007, the Los Angeles Port Police conducted “sea trials” of their new SAFE Boat in Lake Tahoe.  The boat testing coincided with the annual training conference of the California Boating Safety Officers Association (CBSOA).

 

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ok here it goes, me and my best friend of 4 year ,have been good friends and all,weve gotten through alot of stuff and done alot of things...then our senior year comes, at first it all great we laugh, jokes all that stuff until the second semeter, she gets a car, we started to hang with a new group and  and  old friends in this group their is this one person we know for a while  for the next 2 months is all fun and games we went  to eat, shopping and everything, we had fun...now their came a day when  they decided to skip..of corse i had to go to school because my parent didnt allow it,...this is where it begins, we stop hanging out, we stoped texting, and when we talked  one of us had an arrugment...and somehow she made me fell like the idot, then one day i ask her for a ride home, she says she cant cause she needs to be home, and im like ok no big  deal ..i  walked...and later i find out that from school she went straight to the mall with  the girl...(she lied) after a while she  began to hang with her every day and every day we seemed to trail off...one time i snapped at her because i was on medication for a problem and she had to make about her..so  i told her  that she didnt know me that well to tell me whats wrong with me...then the days went by..one day we wanted to hang at a friends pool party...but she told me she wasnt going..so i stayed home later i see the pic online and guess who i see next to the girl i mention earlyer but her, she got a job with her, she  hangs with her  and  she left me high in dry, later on myspace a few weeks later i see  she drops me from 1 to 9and put the girl on 1st...i never said  anything about her nor did i disrespect her in anyway i havent even talked behind her back...and even if i knew that this was gonna happen..even if i suspected it ..i never spoke a word about it, and i know she been talking all kinds of things to the other girl about me to..and never once i have said anything..i just let it happen..so what should i  do ?